Elon Musk shuts down X office in Brazil and talks about “threats” from judiciary
The social media platform announced the emergency decision on Saturday and laid off 30 people working at the Brazil office.
Far-right former deputy opens fire and throws grenade at police officers serving arrest warrant
Video shows Bolsonaro supporter Roberto Jefferson monitoring police officers by security camera and confirming he shot at them
The recipe for misinformation in the 2022 Brazilian elections
In this election year, far-right groups are prominent on Telegram, where they disseminate false information on electoral fraud
London Tube workers strike, New Zealand health strike scuttled and other stories
Today we look at the London Tube workers’ strike, state pressure against a major health workers’ strike in New Zealand and more
Why Big Tech’s monopoly power needs to be urgently checked
While Facebook has been profiting off hate speech on its platforms, Google has been exploiting content creators for advertising revenue.
FB whistleblower confirms how social network benefitted from fake news, bots and misinformation
Sophie Zhang, former data scientist at Facebook, reveals how she fought to remove bot accounts and sophisticated networks that targeted users in different countries to manipulate elections, and spread misinformation.
Copyright law reform in Europe likely to strengthen monopoly of internet giants
The controversial proposal that was rejected in July was passed with amendments despite them not addressing many of the serious criticisms laid out by experts
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
